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Maroon is simply charming. It's not outstanding, but the Barenaked Ladies do keep their self-defined whimsicality top-notch.
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Throughout Maroon, though, producer Don Was mercifully dispenses with mawkishness in favor of a theatrical approach tailored for arena consumption.
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Checkout.comUnfortunately seems to lack that goofiness that had previously made them one of rock-and-roll's coolest nerd bands.
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En masse, Maroon's brisk acoustic rock settings and the hyperactive rush of words can still have you reaching for the skip button. But broken into bite-size chunks, its bitterly humorous dissection of the fumbling absurdities of modern life and death is not without pathos.
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In a nutshell, if you liked the previous stuff, you'll like this... it has as much right to a place in the world as Huey Lewis and the News ever did.
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Barenaked Ladies play it straight with mixed results...
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 18
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Mixed: 0 out of 18
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Negative: 5 out of 18
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BillSJan 12, 2007A stunningly good collection of mature, mellow, though-provoking songs. Move over One Week, this is BNL at their best.
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StephJul 16, 2002
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SamP.Mar 6, 2002This is shithot